experience etymology

English word experience comes from Latin de, Latin peritus, Latin *perior, and later Latin perior (Death. Disappearance.)

Detailed word origin of experience

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
de Latin (lat) (Late Latin) of persons. From, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.. From, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or [...]
peritus Latin (lat) Clever, skilfully constructed. Skillful, skilled, expert, experienced, practised.
*perior Latin (lat)
perior Latin (lat) Death. Disappearance.
experiens Latin (lat)
experientia Latin (lat) A trial, proof, experiment. Experimental knowledge, experience.
experience English (eng) (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.. (countable) An activity one has performed.. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may [...]

Words with the same origin as experience

Descendants of de
award dick die due duty effect effort election exact example exchange excuse exist existence exit expect expected expecting experienced experiment issue sample say still
Descendants of peritus
inexperienced
Descendants of *perior
experimental